(34251) Rohanmehrotra Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rohan Mehrotra (b. 2000) is a finalist in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her chemistry project. She attends the Lynbrook High School, San Jose, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rohanmehrotra is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rohanmehrotra is 2.52 au from the Sun and 3.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34251 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QR112 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.58 |
| Orbital period | 4.07 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.50 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0194 |
| Inclination | 3.47° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.52 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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